Scott v. Paisley

This case involves a single question relating to the constitutional validity of § 6037 of the Georgia Code of 1910. This section, which is set forth in the margin, 1 provides, in substance, that, in cases where a deed has been executed conveying the legal title to land as security for the payment of a debt 2 — known in Georgia as a “ security deed ” — and the holder of the debt, upon default in payment, has reduced it to judgment, and the holder of .the legal title to the land makes and places of record a quitclaim conveyance to the debtor, reinvesting him with the legal title to the land, it…